Window.



PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1903.

' A. WEINGAERTNER.

WINDOW UNITED ST S Patented September 29, 1903.

ALBERT WEINGAERTNER, ossr.v LoUIs; MISSOURI.

WINDOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,960, dated September 29, 19Q3.

Application filed July 28,1902.

Seria1No.1l7,311. (N model-1 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT IVEINGAERT- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful 11nprovements in W'in'dows,of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description,reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a construction whereby the sash of windows may be tightened in their guideways to produce weathertight joints and prevent rattling.

The invention, briefly stated, consists in a novel construction of parting strips and means whereby the sash are forced into closecontact with said parting-strips.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a view of awindow constructed in accordance with my improvement, parts being broken and shown in section. Fig. II is an enlarged horizontal section, partly broken out, taken on the line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is an enlarged view, partly in vertical section, of fragments of a window-frame, parting-strip, and sash side rail with the means employed'to force the sash to the partingstrips shown applied to the windowframe and sash. Fig. IV is an enlarged perspective view of one of the parting-strips.

l designates the uprights of the windowframe, which are provided with the usual grooves 2 to receive the parting-strips.

3 designates the window-sash, one face of one of the side rails of which is provided with an angular groove 4 to provide a beveled face 5 and the other side rail of which is provided with a beveled face 6.

7 designates the parting strip, having tongues 8, either of which is adapted to be seated in a groove 2of awindowframe upright 1, to be retained therein in the usual manner. At the sides ofthe parting-strip are angular fins 9, that face the opposing window-sash and against which the beveled faces 5 and (5 of the side rails of the sash are adapted to bear, as seen in Fig. II.

1O designatespins seated in the windowframe uprights l and having their heads arranged in grooves 1, contained by said uprights.

l1 designates staples seated in the sash side rail 3, that contains the angular groove 4 and which are adapted when the Window-sash is closed to move through the corresponding groove 1 in the window-frame upright into contact with the heads of the pins 10.

WVhen the window-sash is closed,the staples in Figs. I, II, and III, and on their engagement the window-sash is forced sidewise by reason of its being crowded over, owing to the bearing of the staples against theheads of the pins 10. As the sash is crowded sidewise in the window-frame the beveled faces 5 and 6 of the sash travel against the opposing faces of the angular fins 9 at the coincident sides of the parting-strip 7, with the result that the sash is tightly wedged in the window-frame, as seen most clearly in Fig. II.

Only one sash is shown in Fig. II, but it will be obvious that the other sash of the window, at the opposite sides of the partingstrips, is positioned and operated the same as that shown, with the exceptionthat it is arranged for movement in a reverse direction from the one that is illustrated, owing to the fins 9 on the parting-strips being presented in a reverse direction.

While I have shown and described the pins 10 and staples 11 as a means utilized for crowding the window-sashto tighten it, I do not limit myself to these particular parts to performthe office indicated as other means might be utilized to produce the desired result.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a pair of windowsashes, of a pair of parting-strips, each having a fin at each of its two sides, and means whereby the sashes are forced laterally in opposite directions in the act of closing them, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a window-frame, of a pair of partingstrips applied to said frame,one at each side of the opening therein,

fins projecting from both sides of each of said 11 move to the heads of the pins 10, as seen parting-strips, a pair of Window-sashes having beveled faces adapted to bear against said fins, and means whereby each of said windowsashes is crowded laterally when moved into closed position, substantially as set forth.

The combination with a window-frame, of parting-strips applied to said frame, one on each side thereof, fins projecting from the sides of each of said parting-strips, windowsashes having beveled faces adapted to bear against said fins, and means for moving said window-sashes.

4. The combination with a window-frame, of parting-strips applied to said frame, fins projecting from the sides of said partingstrips, a windowsash having, beveled faces adapted to bear against said fins, pins seated in said window-frame, and staples seated in said sash adapted to contact with said pins when the window-sash is closed, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a pair of windowsashes, of parting-strips having two fins, and means for forcing the sashes laterally in opposite directions.

6. The combination with a pair of windowsashes of a window parting-strip having a beveled fin upon each of its sash-receiving sides, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with a pair of windowsashes of a parting-strip having beveled fins upon each of its sash-receiving sides, the bevels of said fins being disposed at angles the reverse of each other, substantially as set forth.

ALBERT WEINGAERTNER.

In presence of S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

